The number of complaint schemes operating in the industry is set to shrink. John Wilkinson reports from the inaugural Financial Industry Complaints Service (FICS) confere...

By structuring the ownership of personal life insurance policies via superannuation, it may be possible to fund such premiums from pre-tax earnings, says Andrew Lowe....

How well do the Australian and New Zealand life insurance markets stack up against each other? Mike Taylor investigates....

The life insurance industry had gone off the rails. But, as Jason Spits writes, fortunes are slowly turning as it returns to its core competencies....

Despite market uncertainty rattling more than a few in the financial services food chain, the Aon group is not content to join the pack of sharemarket watchers, writes Ka...

As an investment vehicle, pooled development funds (PDF) are not new. However, changes in the taxation of these funds has resulted in their revival. John Wilkinson report...

AMP Henderson Global Investors head of retail distribution Krystyna Weston has signalled her intention to leave the group and set up her own business after moving into a ...

Q: Under financial services reform (FSR) I am afraid that I cannot afford some of my clients, or more correctly, they cannot afford me. I have heard conflicting comments ...

Money Management’s Top 100 Dealer Group Survey highlights the enormous impact a National Australia Bank takeover of AMP would have on the financial services industry. Mik...

The financial planning arm of Mercer HR Consulting - Mercer Financial Planning - is executing a new business strategy to enable it to offer a full suite of financial serv...

Veteran risk adviser John Zwiers says the great trouble with the financial planning industry is that it pays lip service to the risk industry – and it has got to stop....

Over the past year, the Tower group has redirected its overall strategy and returned its focus to the risk end of the market. Lucie Beaman looks at what this means for th...

Australians are chronically underinsured – which should present great opportunities for advisers. Mike Taylor reports....

The Centrestone Wealth Advisory group has significantly bolstered its risk advice capabilities through the appointment of two specialist risk advisers and is actively see...